The Leonard Lopate Show

Is this a religious ceremony? First a rabbi and now a reverend. I guess the imam is next.

I thought this was a state function and not a religious one. This is an embarrassment.

What a pathetic society that needs to fly its flag of false religiosity. You should not wear it on your sleeves, religious people (oh yeah, you are politicians catering).

ugh! is support for hillary as strong as that crowd would indicate?

anyway, i guess all this god-talk is at paterson's request. yeesh.

well, finally, we're on to the pursuants and the whereases.

what can i say except thank god!

I think the thing that bothered me about the prayer and the opening speech is that they were sectarian in nature... I mean, normally it's very vague making reference to a "creator" not even necessarily using the word "God". This though... you'd think that rabbi regularly had lunch with God on Thursdays. He was giving us very specific things about God's thoughts and opinions that was a little alarming.

And yes, if you ARE a religious person, you really shouldn't want God to be too closely associated with the caliber of people in Albany...

It seems all the top Dems in the state are Hillary boosters to the max. She is the machine Dem, although the vote went to Hillary 57-40, so not a bad showing by Obama among New York Dems.

Now it's turned into a roast!

I'm with Chris O. I could hardly believe my ears. We have a new governor by "divine design"? I've got to look into this separation of church and state we supposedly have.

It seems like he is making too many jokes, although he did stop. I mean, one or 2 seem like a good idea but...

applause after every introduction...maybe the live broadcast was not such a good idea.

ok we get it. a lot of people showed up.

now what's the plan for the next 3 years?

What hell is this the circus???

This state is now in more trouble!!

Paterson is going to be a huge disaster!

What kind of speech is this??

All he does is kiss everyone's *** then introduce them!!

Pataki he LOVES??? Pataki was one of the WORST governors this state has ever seen!!!

Dinkins???? All he did was play tennis while the city rioted.

Is Paterson a stand-up comedian?? Or a Governor???

We're in trouble!!!!!!!!!!!

Sure, 5 minutes into his introduction as governor and we can already tell that he's going to be a disaster? Come off it already.

If Paterson ends up being a disaster, how will Spitzer go down in history?

[[Posted by: James BrownskiMarch 17, 2008 - 01:29PM

Sure, 5 minutes into his introduction as governor and we can already tell that he's going to be a disaster? Come off it already. If Paterson ends up being a disaster, how will Spitzer go down in history?]]

can you re-phrase the question?

Any Governor who has Dinkins at their inaugural speech should be viewed with suspicion!

can brian and elaine tell us about bruno and silver? are they the permanent government of ny state? are they on the same team or are they the source of the gridlock? do paterson's words about working together have any real meaning to those men?

Paterson is a step in the right direction. He has to be. Spitzer was about as far in the wrong direction as one can possibly imagine. I'm cautiously optimistic about him... although, admittedly, regardless of how it turns out, I still live in Jersey. Where hell has already come to stay.

3 men in a room, will continue.

Funny, seemingly grounded guy, not hysterical and seems to deal with reality head-on -- looking forward to seeing him in action!

david paterson is a good person for blak people.